St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-31
there, and there we still find the seducing

there, and there we still find the seducing
tempter and the resisting Christ.
To every one who is tossed and tempted
comes voice from that ancient battle fields
BE Of good cheer. have overcome the
world" No storm beats upon our head
that did not break over him; no waves dash
our life-barks that did not heap themselves
around his vessel: no foe leaps into the
arena that he has not wounded unto the
death. and his conquest lights the battle for
us with the possibility of victory.
We are not the creatures of circunl-
stances, nor the products of hereditv. nor
the footballs of fate. We are flung help
less upon sea of iniquity to be swept by
reslstless pillows to certain DOOM Each
one has Self-determining and seIf-direet-
Ing power, over-ruled by no iron fate. We
make our own choices. Temptation has
no coercive force. 1t is solicitation. not
compulson. It cannot stand before the
aroused majesty of a determined WILL
Were 1t in my power [ would place
where his influence could no longer be eX-
erted every corruptor of youth but would,
on the other hand. have every youth know
that it is his business not to be corrupted
GODS CALL TO RREPENTENCE
As Elaborated by Rev. J. J. Hall.
Free sBa ptist Church.
The theme of Rev. j. J. Hall, First Free
Baptist church. was Goods Call to Re
pentence."
1.-The Lord is not slack concerning His
promises as some men count SlackneSs bat
Is long-sutferng to us-Ward, not willing
that any should perish, but that all should
come to repentance" II Peter 80.
Mr. HaIl
anXlously awaits for the hours to pass away
and the one to hasten i'll which her husband
will return so did the church in her early
days ardently desire the return to this earth
of the Lord Jesus. As believers expressed
their convictions they were met with ridi-
Guile, and the people said: What are the
signs OF His coming? Behold! all things
remain as they were" To correct erroneous
views concerning the second advent of Our
Lord and to encourage Christians were the
objects of Peter in writing this epistle.
Herein he shows that God never works in
hurry; that we must not measure Gods
eternity by our hour-glass of time, and that
objections similar to those offered against
the return OF Jesus Christ and the final
overthrow of the present state of things
might have been raised with equal force
against the destruction of the world by
water in the days of Noah. We are in
formed that upon approaching city for
conquest Alexander the Great would have
a great light erected and all who surrendered
while that light was burning had mercy ex-
tended them. God is no tyrant. but He
knows the direful effects of sin and
warns men in the tenderest manner
possible to come to repentance. He is long
suffering, not willing that any should
perish. ''PeriSh' is a fOrcible word. 1t
means destruction. But it includes not
only the result but the process also; not
only the loss which is total, but that which
is partial such as ito mar" to corrupt, to
decay. This is what sin is doing. You
may as we'll put bullet through your brain
and expect to live, as to love evil and con-
tlnue i'll sin and promise yourself heaven at
last. God can not look upon this self
destructive work without entreating His
creatures to cease from doing evil, and
learn to do well. He is the source of life
and love, and would bestoW the fullest
blessings thereof upon all His children To
save them from periShing He sent His
only begotten Son. Jesus Christ. into the
world, and Christ has power to save the
soul from perishing, and to restore into it
the glory and image of God Himself [
look upon an old painting. The work of
time has SO injured it that know not its
value, nor can discern the subject of the
painting, but a skillful artist takes it in
hand. He not only saves it from further
perishing. but brings back to it its former
beauty. When 10! it is seen to be an
original of a master mind. My hearers,
bring yourselves with all your defects to
Christ. He can bring unto you pardon.
light peace, strength and everlasting